FOOD & BEVERAGE
WAREHOUSING, HANDLING & STORAGE
BABCOCK WANSON STEAM BOILER TOP OF THE CLASS AT FOOD PEELING TEST CENTRE
OMRA Food, one of the world’s largest peeling solutions providers, has installed a Babcock Wanson VAP600RR Coil Type Steam Boiler into its test centre in Dublin, Ireland, where it is being used to carry out tests and demonstrations for food peeling applications. The VAP600RR is being used at high pressure - 29 bar – to produce steam which is used to peel potatoes and other vegetables. Steam peeling is the most efficient method of removing skin from vegetables, resulting in significant savings of raw material and energy. TOMRA Food is the leader in steam peeling and food sorting, and their solutions are present in the processing facilities of the world’s leading food producers.
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The TOMRA Food facility in Ireland is home to the company’s research and development team for steam peeling. From this base the team of experts host online steam peeling demonstrations, which enable food processors from around the world to be part of the demonstration and experience the performance of TOMRA’s peeling solution. Although Babcock Wanson has worked with TOMRA Food on third-party projects on a number of occasions, this is the first time TOMRA Food has become a direct client. Previously, TOMRA Food used a different type of steam boiler to produce steam for the peeling process, but this was insufficient for their needs. The Babcock Wanson VAP600RR Coil Type Steam Boiler, featuring three full gas passes plus an in-built combustion air pre-heater for high operating efficiency, proved an ideal replacement.
With the availability of steam from a cold start in as little as three minutes and a low volume of water under pressure, the VAP600RR combines efficiency with safety, even at very high working pressure, all of which made it the ideal choice for this unusual application where usage is intermittent. A further benefit is its small footprint and no requirement for a large pressure vessel, making it fit into the relatively small confines of the test centre and enabling it to be installed locally to the
steam user. Babcock Wanson has supplied the VAP600RR with a full set of ancillaries, including water treatment, feed tank, blowdown vessel and separator. Babcock Wanson offers a complete range of products and services for boiler houses and other process heating needs, from steam boilers, thermal fluid heaters, rapid steam generators, process air heaters and hot water boilers to VOC and odour treatment by thermal oxidation, water treatment or process air heating solutions. The company aims to help optimise customer’s energy production with high quality products and efficient service.
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ALFA LAVAL LAUNCHES BEST-IN-CLASS HEAT EXCHANGER FOR HYGIENIC APPLICATIONS A
mid forecasts that UK manufacturing output will shrink in 2023, Alfa Laval has launched its new hygienic line of gasketed plate heat exchangers (GPHE), to help food and beverage and pharmaceutical manufacturers maximise productivity and maintain exemplary standards of hygiene. Published in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), Make UK’s Executive Survey 2023 indicates that UK manufacturing output is expected to suffer a reduction of 3.2% in 2023 compared to the previous year, against a backdrop of rising energy costs.
In response to this challenging landscape, Alfa Laval has launched its new hygienic line, designed specifically to maximise uptime for operators while maintaining compliance with the exacting hygiene standards required of the industry.
Colin Morgan, Business Unit Manager for Food Heat Transfer at Alfa Laval, said: “It goes without saying that hygiene has always been top priority for food and beverage and pharmaceutical manufacturers, as cross contamination between
product batches has the potential to cause serious harm to end customers if left unchecked. “However, this must now be balanced against productivity, as rising energy costs are beginning to eat into the margin for many manufacturers. Our new hygienic line aims to tackle both of these challenges head on – increasing the amount of time that equipment can be active without compromising on hygiene.”
The new hygienic range of GPHEs currently comes in two sizes, H4 and the larger H8. Building upon the platform of Alfa Laval’s earlier heat exchanger technology, the hygienic line features an enhanced transfer area for more uniform heat distribution and best-in-class efficiency, and a new cleaning-in-place (CIP) channel for improved cleanability. Together, these features combine for longer operating times, while the GPHE’s bespoke plate pattern ensures gentle treatment of delicate products. The unit is also fully configurable, allowing it to be customised to the needs of the operation rather than necessitating the purchase
10 APRIL 2023 | FACTORY&HANDLINGSOLUTIONS of new exchangers.
Colin concluded: “The hygienic line has the potential to completely revolutionise the way manufacturers approach uptime. If we take cheese production as an example, operators might be looking at four hours of cleaning to every eight equipment spends active in order to ensure there is no cross-contamination. With the hygienic line, this can be improved to just 2 hours cleaning for every 12 hours in operation, without compromising these standards.
“The hygienic line is ready to deliver a step-change for food and beverage and pharmaceutical process lines. Together, improved efficiency, increased uptime and decreased chemical consumption means that manufacturers can benefit from extremely short payback times – sometimes as low as a single week. Technology such as this will be key to harnessing productivity and ensuring that the wider UK manufacturing industry remains buoyant.”
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